V. I. Lenin

Draft Decision for the C.P.C. onPrivate Purveyance of Food{1}

Written:May 29, 1918Published:First published in 1931 inLenin Miscellany XVIII.

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      2nd English Edition,

      Progress Publishers,1971,

      Moscow,Volume 42,

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Allthe various bodies serving the food organisations of
different trades, such as Prodput or Prodvod, etc., are asked to combine
their efforts, their staffs, their agents and detachments with the main
forces of the Commissariat for Food. Refusal to co-operate signifies or
would signify a refusal to support the Soviet authorities, a refusal to
assist in the fight. against famine by all the workers and all. the
peasants. The only way to combat famine is to join forces.

{1}This document was adopted by the C.P.C. without amendment and
incorporated in its decision on the private purveyance of food supplies
which was published on June 1 inIzvestiaNo. 110 (seeDecrees
of the Soviet Government,Vol. II, Moscow, 1959, pp. 344-48).